Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 716 Blocking everyone's money, the cabinet ministers will kill you too!

"Master Zhang, His Majesty summoned you."

Looking at the servants who came from the palace, Zhang Ruitu knew that his plan was more than half successful, but he still asked, "Dare to ask my father-in-law, what is the so-called summoning by His Majesty?"

Although they can't accept bribes right now, the father-in-laws now have their own fields, family members, and pensions, not to mention high salaries. These are all brought by the new party.

And Zhang Ruitu is a member of the new party, and he is also the second assistant of the court, so it doesn't hurt to reveal some unimportant things.

So the servant said in a low voice: "The servants can't say what it is, but it has nothing to do with you, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Ruitu realized it, and he smiled and said, "Thank you, Eunuch."

But Huang Liji hadn't figured out how to deal with Wei Guangwei's affairs yet, the servant came: "President Huang, Your Majesty has summoned you."

Huang Liji's heart skipped a beat immediately. He knew that Wei Guangwei's affairs did not need to be dealt with by him. He sighed, and Huang Liji said, "Let the old man clean up."

Similarly, Lu Xiangsheng, Qiao Yunsheng, and Wei Guangwei were also led into the palace by the servants.

As soon as the five met at the Meridian Gate, Wei Guangwei was still a little puzzled: "Zhang Xiang, Huang Xiang, have you all been summoned by His Majesty?"

Huang Liji wanted to remind one or two, but when he looked at Zhang Ruitu and Lu Xiangsheng beside him, he turned into a sigh, leaving only a self-seeking look in Wei Guangwei's eyes.

However, Wei Guangwei was a little puzzled by Huang Liji's glance. He looked at Qiao Yunsheng who was beside him: "Qiao Xiang, what's wrong?"

Qiao Yunsheng was also puzzled: "I don't know, maybe something happened at the border again?"

Generally speaking, the emperor would not convene all the cabinet members if there was no major event. After all, ordinary matters can be discussed with the cabinet ministers on duty.

Even if there is a flood or drought, or if the earth dragon turns around, there is no need to call all the cabinet ministers. The first assistant can directly order the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, etc. to discuss.

What is the situation now?
Although they don't know what happened yet, after all, they have been in the cabinet for several years and have experienced ups and downs. Even Wei Guangwei and Qiao Yunsheng, who didn't know it, felt a bit of oppressive atmosphere.

"Your Majesty, the gentlemen have arrived." A servant stepped forward to report.

"Let everyone come in." Zhu Youxiao leaned on the cushion and sat on the couch, looking a little tired.

Zhang Ruitu, Lu Xiangsheng, Qiao Yunsheng, Huang Liji, and Wei Guangwei entered the inner hall in sequence, and bowed to Zhu Youxiao who was on the couch: "See Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao raised his hand falsely: "Excuse me, Wei Banban, let me show you my seats."

The servants brought up round stools one after another, and the five of them sat down after thanking each other, waiting quietly for Zhu Youxiao to speak.

After Zhu Youxiao showed the seats to the cabinet members, he continued to read the book in his hand. Zhang Haogu sat on the other side with a calm expression. They looked left and right, but they didn't read it. What happened.

Flipping through the scroll in his hand, Zhu Youxiao picked up a candied fruit from the table and stuffed it into his mouth: "There's been a lot of commotion in Zhili recently. I've heard gossip and gossip from the people when I'm in the palace."

"I'm a little puzzled, but it's just to build a smooth road, how can there be so many things."

"I am not arrogant, extravagant, and promiscuous, and secondly, I am not militaristic. Building a road that benefits the country and the people is not an abuse of people's power, right?"

"I think that even if I am not as good as Tang Zong and Song Zu, I am still a ruler of success. How could anyone regard me as Emperor Sui Yang?"

Saying that, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Guangwei: "Wei Xiang, what do you think of my achievements in the past ten years?"

Wei Guangwei got up immediately and said: "Return to Your Majesty, during the ten years of your Majesty's reign, you have conquered Liaodong, wiped out Tatars, accepted Annan and promoted new policies, rested with the people, emphasized agriculture and business, and the people of Ming Dynasty lived and worked in peace and contentment. Zong Songzu."

Zhu Youxiao listened to Wei Guangwei's flattery, his expression was still indifferent: "Really? Wei Xiang thinks it's true?"

Wei Guangwei bowed and said: "Everything I say is from the bottom of my heart."

Zhu Youxiao sneered: "You don't mean to be dissatisfied with me at all?"

Wei Guangwei hastily said, "How dare I, my minister?"

"Since Wei Xiangzheng has no dissatisfaction, and what he said is from the bottom of his heart, why did Wei Xiang secretly rebel against me?" When Zhu Youxiao said this, the whole hall fell into silence instantly.

Zhang Ruitu had expected it a long time ago, so he lowered his head and secretly rejoiced; Huang Liji also knew that this scene would happen, and couldn't help but sigh secretly; while Qiao Yunsheng didn't know, he looked at Wei Guangwei in horror, did Wei Guangwei really secretly think Want to rebel?

"Your Majesty?!" Wei Guangwei was so frightened by Zhu Youxiao's words that he immediately knelt on the ground.

Zhu Youxiao leaned on the cushion, and his eyes slowly swept across the faces of the cabinet princes like hooks, taking a panoramic view of their expressions. Seeing Wei Guangwei's terrified appearance, he directly threw a piece of information out and threw it away. In front of Wei Guangwei: "Let's have a look."

Wei Guangwei hastily picked up the information and read it. When he saw that the Yang family had a genius who was born with purple energy in his stomach, and he somehow got involved with the Yang family, Wei Guangwei was stunned. His face was as pale as paper!
As the official of the imperial court and the elder of the court, can he not understand what this incident of the Yang family means?

It would be fine if the Yang family is just a wealthy countryman, but this Yang family is still inextricably linked with him. Isn't this trying to punish the nine clans? !
"Let me tell you about the corresponding situation." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand.

Eunuch Wei nodded, and turned to Zhang Ruitu and others to explain the ins and outs of the matter. Now Qiao Yunsheng finally knew what happened. Seeing Wei Guangwei kneeling on the ground with a pale face, Qiao Yunsheng was extremely puzzled, even if he was short of money, How could it be related to the Yang family?

How could Wei Guangwei be so unwise?

After thinking about it, before Qiao Yunsheng could speak, Eunuch Wei spoke up: "Mr. Zhang, Your Majesty ordered you to inquire about this matter."

Zhang Ruitu first stood up and saluted Zhu Youxiao, then turned around and looked at Wei Guangwei who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Wei Guangwei! Do you really want to be greedy for the achievements of the dragon?"

After hearing this, Wei Guangwei yelled: "My wish, Your Majesty, I am wronged! This matter is definitely framed by someone. The minister is your majesty's minister, and death is the loyal soul of Daming. How can you find another master?"

"If you just say that the Yang family has a child who was born with purple qi in his abdomen, and I lean on him without any scruples, isn't this minister too unwise? You have been wronged."

Zhang Ruitu pointed at the evidence in his hand: "Wei Guangwei, the current evidence shows that your younger brother Wei Guangqing has a close relationship with the Yang family and has accepted offerings from the Yang family in your name many times. How do you justify this matter?"

Wei Guangwei looked sad and indignant: "Wei Guangqing is just the younger brother of the minister, and he doesn't know what kind of minister he usually is. This is definitely because he accepted bribes in the name of the minister, but the minister knows nothing about it."

"Your brother is taking bribes in your name, and you don't know anything about it?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Guangwei suspiciously.

For the Donglin party members, Zhu Youxiao is always on guard at all times. After all, these people can do anything. He had contacted the Tartar attack on the center and almost killed him, the queen and the unborn crown prince. Later, he colluded with the remnants of the Tatars to kill him outside the Great Wall.

The continuous assassination of the king made Zhu Youxiao have no good impression of the Donglin Party.

Now that Wei Guangwei said that he didn't know anything about it, Zhu Youxiao didn't believe it at all!
After all, even the Donglin Party can do such things as colluding with foreign enemies, what else can the Donglin Party not do?

Even the foreign captives in Liaodong and the Tartars in the grassland can join forces for their own selfish interests and the interests of the court, regardless of the righteousness of the family and the country. How can Zhu Youxiao believe in the Donglin Party?
Look at the Yang family, they have been advocating that their child was born with purple qi in his belly, and he almost said that their child is the real son of heaven. If there is any turmoil in Daming one day, if there is any turmoil in Daming, those who want to keep it will use the name of the Yang family There will be a rebellion, and the ignorant people will definitely have blind followers. Even if the court quells the turmoil, it will interrupt the good momentum that is currently on the upward trend. Some people will even let the Tartars enter the customs for their own self-interest to disrupt the situation.
There are some things that are better believed than not believed.

For the sake of the future generations of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao will not hesitate to use the knife in his hand.

Looking at Wei Guangwei who was kneeling on the ground trembling, Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Haogu again, "How does Master view this matter?"

Zhang Haogu bowed slightly: "Tomorrow, only Your Majesty can be domineering, and I respectfully listen to the holy will."

Zhu Youxiao understood the meaning of Zhang Haogu's words. Looking at Wei Guangwei who was kneeling on the ground trembling and sweating profusely, Zhu Youxiao snorted: "Whenever this kind of major case is involved, I will think twice and handle it carefully. lest innocent people be implicated."

"Today, don't say that I won't give you a chance."

"Come on, go and get Wei Guangqing here."

Soon, Dongchang's fans took Wei Guangqing to the palace. Wei Guangqing, who didn't know what happened, was still confused when he was taken to the palace: "Did you find the wrong person? I am Wei Guangqing, the cabinet minister Old brother, why are you looking for me?"

Dongchang fanzi didn't care about Wei Guangqing's words, so he took him directly to the Hall of Martial Arts.

When Wei Guangqing entered the Hall of Martial Heroes, the first thing he saw were the surrounding guards and lampstands and incense burners. Then he entered the inner hall and saw several senior officials wearing red official robes, embroidered clouds and cranes on their front shoulders, and gold inlaid jade belts around their waists. Sitting on both sides, and on the innermost couch, there were two people sitting, one of them was wearing a bright yellow tuanlong suit, the other was wearing a red python dragon suit, and his backer Wei Guangwei was kneeling on the ground at the moment.

This time Wei Guangqing was frightened, he immediately knelt on the ground: "Minister, minister Wei Guangqing sees Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Guangqing, who was kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to lift his head, with a very disappointed expression. This Wei Guangqing's bones are too soft, so he didn't say anything, but when he arrived at the Hall of Martial Arts, he immediately knelt down like a The beach is muddy, and there is no character of Ming officials at all.

"Your Majesty?" Zhang Ruitu asked whether to start asking.

Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly to signal to start.

Zhang Ruitu, who was signaled, cleared his throat: "Ahem, Wei Guangqing, the real minister, Zhang Ruitu, has been entrusted with a heavy responsibility by His Majesty, and now he is the second assistant to the cabinet, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and today I am ordered to question you about the case of the Wei family. , you have to think about it before answering, do you understand?"

Wei Guangqing's voice was trembling: "Humble job, humble job understands, understands."

Zhang Ruitu threw a piece of evidence in front of Wei Guangqing: "Take a look at this criminal evidence, what do you have to say?"

Wei Guangqing looked at the evidence in front of him, which listed one by one that he accepted bribes in the name of Wei Guangwei, made promises to foreign ministers, etc. Seeing these things, Wei Guangqing felt weak all over, his lips parted but he didn't say a single word. not come out.

"What excuse do you have?" Zhang Ruitu asked.

Wei Guangqing lowered his head, and it took him a long time to choke out a sentence: "Humble job, humble job, plead guilty."

Zhang Ruitu asked again: "Is this your idea, or Wei Guangwei's idea?"

Wei Guangqing quietly glanced at Wei Guangwei in front of him, and then said: "Yes, it was the criminal minister's idea alone, and Wei Guangwei didn't know about it."

Zhang Ruitu continued to ask, "Is it your idea about the Yang family?"

Wei Guangqing said: "Yes, it was also the idea of ​​the guilty minister. The Yang family wanted to find a backer, and I happened to be short of money, so I gave the platform to the Yang family, and the Yang family gave me a sum of money every year."

Hearing this, Wei Guangwei secretly sighed, but he didn't dare to raise his head at all.

Zhang Ruitu continued to ask mercilessly: "Do you know about the child who was born with a jade title in the Yang family?"

Wei Guangqing said, "I know."

Zhang Ruitu did not continue to press, but turned around and returned to Zhu Youxiao. It was enough to ask these things, and there was no need to continue to press Wei Guangqing.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Guangwei, then at Wei Guangqing, and then said: "Take off the official robes of the two of them, and let them go."

Several guards stepped forward and directly pulled off the official robes of Wei Guangwei and Wei Guangqing, and they left the Hall of Martial Heroes. So far, Wei Guangwei was down.

Looking at the remaining ministers in the cabinet, Zhu Youxiao sighed: "I never thought that there are still such people hidden in my cabinet."

"The decree is that Wei Guangwei, a scholar of the cabinet, conspired to cause rebellion and intends to commit crimes. He is now dismissed from his post and imprisoned, his family property is confiscated, and his family members are exiled to Qiongzhou. All those related to him will be investigated by the Ministry of Officials and dismissed from office."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Youxiao looked at the other cabinet ministers again: "As for the new cabinet bachelor, I will draw up a ticket after discussing it."

"Go away."

A cabinet scholar, who was the elder of the court, was dismissed from office and his family was exiled to Qiongzhou. Students faced the fate of being dismissed from office and suspended.

Huang Liji felt the sadness for a moment, it was the sadness that things hurt other people, but he still didn't dare to say anything.

With Wei Guangwei's downfall, the Donglin Party's power in the court has become even weaker. How can it compete with the New Party in the future?

After letting everyone disperse, Zhu Youxiao led Wang Tiqian and Eunuch Wei to the Royal Garden to relax. They walked to a small pavilion and watched the fish swimming in the pond. Zhu Youxiao looked calm and could not see any emotions.

Was Wei Guangwei wronged?

Zhu Youxiao can feel that [-]% to [-]% of Wei Guangwei was wronged. It is really possible that Wei Guangqing contacted the Yang family privately, but is Wei Guangwei really right?
Wei Guangwei was wrong!
He is the minister of the cabinet, a cabinet minister of Daming, and there are people in his family who are not clear with the Yang family. This is his fault, the biggest fault!
Maybe Wei Guangwei really didn't know, maybe Wei Guangwei knew but pretended not to know, no matter what, it was impossible for Zhu Youxiao to keep Wei Guangwei in the cabinet.

The former shows that Wei Guangwei is an idiot who can't even take care of his own family. Daming's cabinet doesn't need an idiot. An idiot will only affect the current prosperity of Daming.

And the latter shows that Wei Guangwei has deep scheming and plans early on. Maybe the Yang family is the backhand that the Donglin Party has ambushed early, and it may even be connected with Han Yu and other rebels!
Otherwise, why would the Yang family want to preach that their child was conceived with purple qi and born with jade?

And Wei Guangqing had a relationship with such a Yang family, and accepted the money from the Yang family?
Therefore, Wei Guangwei's downfall is inevitable. Only when Wei Guangwei falls can Zhu Youxiao feel at ease, and so can the people of the world.

As for the Yang family, it will be dealt with together.

He Zhu Youxiao is a benevolent king, but a benevolent king does not mean that he will not kill people.

Soon, the imperial order from the capital was passed on to the Tianjin government.

Feng Yi, the prefect of Tianjin, listened to the envoy's reading of the imperial order with a serious expression, and then respectfully received the order: "Your Excellency, Feng Yi, the prefect of Tianjin, takes the order."

The father-in-law who read out the imperial order said: "Prefect Feng, you have to hurry up."

Feng Yi said: "Understood."

Feng Yi knew very well that the Yang family was doomed. Although the reason for the Yang family's doom was not because of Chi Dao but because of the downfall of Mr. Wei, the Yang family was indeed doomed.

And now that the Yang family is finished, the obstacles of Beijing-Tianjin Chidao are gone, and the stocks of Chidao's resumption of construction of Beijing-Tianjin Chidao will resume to rise. For this alone, many officials in the capital are looking forward to it.

This is also the reason why he hastened to hurry up. How many big figures are waiting for the restoration of Beijing-Tianjin Chidao, this matter should be done sooner rather than later.

As soon as the envoy who read out the imperial order left, Feng Yi could take the case: "Inspector Wang, you lead people to seal off all the shops and properties of the Yang family, and no one is allowed to escape."

"Inspector Li, you lead troops to raid the Yang family, arrest everyone and seal the Yang family."

Li Jianxiao and Wang Xunjian were then ordered to gather their respective troops and set off.

In the government office of Tianjin, teams of government officers and soldiers hurriedly dispatched with weapons, shackles and shackles, and detachments went to the Yang family's shop property and the Yang family's house.

This Yang family's house is well-known in South Street where rich people gather in Tianjin, and the big house is very conspicuous.

Now that a large number of officers, soldiers, and servants are dispatched, people with discerning eyes can tell that something big has happened at a glance, and they call their relatives and friends to watch the big show.

South Street is full of high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Which one of the officers, soldiers and government servants went to South Street to commit a major crime?
Li Jianxiao led his soldiers and servants all the way to the gate of Yang's house, looking at the tall lintel of Yang's mansion and the stone lion in front of him, he couldn't help but sneer.

This Yang family used to see people venting their anger from their nostrils, and they didn't even pay attention to him as a dignified school inspector. It was not easy to make a move on weekdays, so as not to make any excuses that he would retaliate and retaliate against him.

But right now, the Yang family has committed a serious crime, so he can't be blamed.

Looking at the common people and merchants gathered around, Li Jianxiao shouted loudly on purpose:
"Search the Yang family according to the order, and no one is allowed to escape!"

"Go!"

(End of this chapter)